I love New Year’s Day. Without Jan. 1, how would we know when to buy a new calendar? Call me old-fashioned, but I tend to look at that fresh new calendar year on paper like a crab leg and prime rib buffet spread out before me. I have been having my share of new...

By the time you read this, I will have traveled to Oregon to visit my mother. I am lucky to have her in my life. I was one of the original baby boomers, born when my dad returned from WW II. During our visits, we drive to many of the places where I grew up. And we...

Peace. That’s a word we hippies used for “goodbye.” (Yes I was, and yes, I had hair down to my shoulders.) Peace is easy to say. As a concept, it may be harder to understand. It’s not just the absence of war. I first learned about worldwide peace when I was 16 and had...

Kirk: We hear a lot about the Sandwich Generation these days. Linda: You know me … I love a sandwich. Kirk: No, we’re talking about the generation that has to take care of their parents and their children; they’re in the middle. Linda: Baloney! Kirk: Not! Not that...